Vicus Capital Acquires 17,775 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Vicus Capital boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 3.8% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 487,806 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 17,775 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 3.2% of Vicus Capital’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Vicus Capital’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $44,161,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Penney Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.4% in the first quarter. Penney Financial LLC now owns 140,064 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,680,000 after purchasing an additional 8,469 shares during the period. Red Door Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 50.7% in the 1st quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,814 shares of the company’s stock valued at $526,000 after purchasing an additional 1,957 shares during the last quarter. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 25.5% in the 1st quarter. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC now owns 47,075 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,262,000 after buying an additional 9,555 shares during the period. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 112.6% during the first quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC now owns 18,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,700,000 after purchasing an additional 9,946 shares during the period. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 55.7% during the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 2,365,635 shares of the company’s stock worth $214,161,000 after buying an additional 846,387 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

IEFA opened at $95.49 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $96.51 and a 200 day moving average price of $94.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $163.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $81.17 and a 12 month high of $98.83.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.